We are proud “firsts” – as we have been frequently in both our personal and professional lives. Each of us is in our second university presidency, and each time we’ve ascended to the executive role, we’ve been the first African-American leader to do so at our predominantly White institutions. More...

L'origine du mentorat remonte à la mythologie grecque. Quand Ulysse quitta la maison pour aller combattre dans la guerre de Troie, il plaça un vieil ami de la famille, Mentor, en qui il avait confiance, en charge de son foyer, déléguant ainsi la responsabilité de la protection et de l'éducation de son fils Télémaque. Un mentor évoque donc l'image d'un conseiller ou d'un conseiller sage et digne de confiance. Plus...

By Paul Fain. Professors are most likely to serve as mentors to undergraduate students, according to the results of a new survey, which found that 64 percent of recent graduates who reported having a mentor during college said their mentor was a professor. The next most common category was a college staff member. More...